Just to point out, the keyboard is not intuitive to the touchscreen generation. Start menu's are also not intuitive to the touchscreen generation. A large majority of the upcoming generation wouldnt know what to do if provided with a command prompt, nor would they understand the intricacies of diging through explorer windows, most people want information immediately and this is where apple's iphone interface comes in to the picture, if you consider that on one screen you can see how many email you have waiting, how many twitter updates, how many facebook updates, what new podcasts you have, the weather, your stocks, amonst other things simply by turning on your device, why would you want to use a PC that you have to dive through menus to bring up each app, or invest the time in understanding how to load it up automatically on boot. From a design perspective, microsoft is moving towards simplicity. They are making their os more like the phone that they want people to use, its a great cross sell op, saying "windows 8 is no different to the phone system that you have already invested time in learning", likewise, "the phone os is no different to the system that you use at home, why not pick me up." /. is full of power users. Windows 8 will probably not be for you... chalk it up to the bad release in 2 release cycle that microsoft appears to have going.